At the end of the Song Dynasty, there was a family surnamed Yin in Zhushan County, Hubei Province, although the ancestors had been farming for generations, they had been diligent and frugal in their lives, advocating frugality and simplicity, and maintaining a good family, so in his generation, they had accumulated a decent family business.
The owner of this generation is named Yin Hou, with a Chinese character face, thick lips, thick and honest, and he is also quite easy-going, and his wife is a virtuous woman from a neighboring village, who is diligent and capable, and does not stop all day long. The couple is diligent and frugal and does not seek luxury, and the little life is quite prosperous. But there is a fly in the ointment, that is, after several years of marriage, it is difficult to have a strong and solid son, and I did not expect that when the child was three years old, one day he went out to play with his friends, and he disappeared.
People in the village said that the Yin family's son was most likely taken by tigers, and there were often tigers in this area, and the pigs and sheep in the village were often lost. The husband and wife are grief-stricken, the son is gone, even if there is a million family wealth, what is the use?
The villagers advised them to have another one. But giving birth to a child is not something that can be decided by itself, and after seeing it year after year, it is not seen that a woman's belly stands up. In a flash, the couple was in their early fifties, and someone in the village advised Yin Hou to take a concubine. Yin Hou shook his head, "Even if I said this, I can't do such a thing that damages yin morality."
Seeing that the Yin family's family business was becoming more and more solid, but there was no one to accept Huan Huan's knees, the old lady of the family could not sit still and proposed to Yin Hou to recognize a son.
Yin Hou and his wife discussed and said: "Everyone in the local area of this country knows that our family is rich and rich, so the son who recognizes him is unreliable, so it is better for me to go outside and walk around, in case I encounter a person who really treats me well, I will take him home and be our son."
The wife nodded and said, "That's what you said." Then he gave her husband a little baggage.
The next day, before dawn, Yin Hou quietly left the house. Look at his dress, he is wearing a torn coat, a torn hat on his head, and a cane in his hand. He walked and walked, and by the time the sun went up, he had already arrived in a small town thirty miles away. He put the straw that had been prepared on the broken hat, which was the custom of the time, which meant selling his body.
Some people can't understand: "You old man, a lot of age, people buy you back, what use can you have?" Yin Hou said with a bitter face, "Alas, I want to find a child who has no father and no wife, to be his father, to bother to help him manage the housekeeper, and to install a place for myself to retire and send himself to the end." Gee! When the people around him heard him say this, they couldn't help but laugh and suspect that something was wrong with his brain. Who would recognize him as a father?
Yin Hou was very calm, he did not speak, he insisted on asking for a blank piece of paper, writing the note of selling as a father: "I am old and childless, I am willing to sell to people as fathers, and only take the value of silver and twelve." The wisher will make a deal immediately and never regret it. ”
He walked around the street holding a card, and when he was tired, he sat down cross-legged on the side of the street and put the cards on the ground in front of him. People came and went on the street, and everyone found out the reason, and they all scolded Yin Hou as a crazy old man. Yin Hou only did not hear, laughed and scolded by people, and did not change his original intention. He made up his mind that even if he crossed the state capital and waded through the mountains and rivers, he had to find a suitable buyer.
On this day, Yin Hou came to Huating County in Songjiang Province, and was sitting on the street, when a teenager passed by, glanced at the selling card he was holding in his hand, and said: "There is one less person in the orphanage called Huazitou, and it is just right for you to go."
Yin Hou knew that he was fooling himself and did not care, saying, "It is very clearly written on this card that I am selling myself as a father."
"Hey hey," the teenager sneered, "for the father?" Look, this little turtle in my hand has no father, so why don't you be its father! Ha ha......
"You one" This teenager was really deceiving people too much, Yin Hou couldn't help but get angry, and at this moment, a white-faced offspring came out of the crowd that had gradually gathered up, drank the teenager and said, "The old master is lonely and miserable, helpless, it is already pitiful enough, you are still teasing him like this, why can you bear it?"
"Hum," said the young man, glaring at the afterlife, "you pity the widow, so why don't you get ten pieces of silver and buy him back to be a father?"
Housheng honestly replied, "This is not a miracle, I am just afraid that after he sells off, another relative will come and recognize him." If the old man is really willing, I just have no father and no wife, so I will buy him ten silver to go back to be a father, what is wrong?"
Yin Hou listened, the opportunity came! He quickly stood up and said to the offspring, "I'll just light one myself, and if you really have this intention, please hurry up and take out the silver, and I'll go back with you."
Seeing the hilarity, he asked Yin Hou: "Since you sold your body, it will be this person who will provide for you in the future, what is the use of silver and silver?"
"Don't hide from you," Yin Hou said embarrassedly, "my poor mouth is very hungry, and there are some snacks in addition to tea and rice, is it good to ask him for a long and short one just entering the door?" After a month or two of eating, everyone agreed and then asked him again.
When everyone listened, they all expected that the future life would not take out the silver to buy it, who knew that the later life not only took out the silver sharply, but also said happily: "The old man has never been my father, so he is very considerate, and he will be meticulous to me in the future, this is my blessing!"
The latter invited Yin Hou to the restaurant, asked for a pot of good wine, ordered a few small plates, and the two of them ate and drank while lovingly chatting. Those who watched the hilarity just now did not believe that there was such a kind offspring in the world, so they followed each other to the restaurant and refused to disperse. Only to see that the latter was respectful to Yin Hou pouring wine and vegetables.
When he came, he took out two silver coins from his waist, paid for the wine and vegetables, and held the rest of his hands to Yin Hou, saying, "Please put away your father, from now on, the silver bags will be managed by your father." Yin Hou did not hesitate, and took the silver bag like a decent, looking like a father. The people who watched the hilarity were amazed one after another, saying that they were a pair of strange people.
It is said that the two walked out of the restaurant, and Housheng led Yin Hou back to his home. Entering the door, Housheng let Yin Hou sit down on the chair and respectfully fell to the ground to worship. After performing the ceremony, Housheng asked lightly, "Father, I don't know your honorific name, can you tell your child?"
Yin Hou gave a name and then asked, "So, baby, what about you?" Can you tell your father about your life?"
Who knew that the afterlife did not open his mouth, and the tears flowed first. Originally, his surname was Yao, his name was Yao Ji, originally a Hankou native, because his parents died of a violent illness in the early years, he followed his fellow villager Cao Yuyu to Jiujiang to sell cloth, earned some silver and made money, and started his own cloth trading business.
The days are okay, but there is one thing that cannot be satisfactory. It turned out that Yao Ji had followed Cao Yuyu for many years, and after a long time, he had fallen in love with Cao Yue'e, the daughter of the Cao family. Yue'e saw that Yao Ji was loyal, diligent and capable, and also had a love for him, but Cao Yuyu and his wife were always supportive of this matter and failed to nod their heads in agreement.
For this reason, Yao Ji was very distressed in his heart, and whenever he saw the lively scene of other people's family reunions and fathers and sons sharing the joy of heaven, he was envious in his heart. Now, just in time to meet Yin Houqiu as a father, Yao Ji does not care that Yin Hou has no money, what he is afraid of, he wants this affection of father love and son filial piety.
Yin Hou learned of Yao Ji's origins, did not say anything in his mouth, and secretly applauded in his heart. Since then, the two have loved more than father and son, and they are really like a family. Half a month passed. In the past half a month, Yao Ji has taken good care of Yin Houzhen, eating and wearing himself, and even washing his face and feet every day are brought to the front. The more Yin Hou saw that Yao Ji liked it, the more he decided to formally "showdown" him and take him back to his hometown.
At this time, Genghis Khan led a large army to attack Yanmen Pass, and all the way to Jinling. After discussing between the father and son, Yin Hou thought that Yao Ji did not have any belongings anyway, but the cloth seller had accumulated a few silver taels, so it was better to take the opportunity of fleeing to take him home, and along the way, he could observe the character of others, and then explain to him the reasons when he got home. Unexpectedly, Yao Ji was worried about the scene in front of him.
Originally he was relying on cloth sales to earn some silver, but now the situation is so chaotic, the sale of cloth is broken, what does he take to support his father and himself? He thought about it for a moment and said to Yin Hou, "Father, I just have two large bundles of cloth on hand that have not been sold, I see that I will pick it up tomorrow and go on the road, anyway, I have the strength to make a little bit of money." I can't let Daddy starve with his baby!"
When Yin Hou heard this, he didn't feel the true feelings, grabbed Yao Ji's hand and said, "My filial piety, I don't know what fate you and I had in my past life, but this one will give birth to this piece of love." To be honest with you, my real name is Yin Hou, and I don't really sell anything..... He couldn't help but be the original and told Yao Ji the cause and effect of the matter in detail.
Yao Ji was stunned to hear it. Yin Hou said, "Son, those fabrics are not sold if they are not sold, compared to my family property, this is nothing, of course, we are fleeing." The next day, as soon as the sky was dark, Yin Hou dragged Yao Ji the road.
Yao Ji followed Yin Hou to the house, Yin Hou said before and after, his wife also liked this son very much, and was busy with Zhang Luo at the moment, letting the father and son freshen up and change clothes, and then eat a beautiful meal.
After the meal, Yin Hou led Yao Ji to the room where his son lived, and who knew that Yao Ji muttered to himself: "How is it so familiar here?" Then he said thoughtfully, "Oh, come to think of it, I often dream of this room, look, this window, this door, this bed, this table, this chair, oh, it's really ripe." By the way, I also saw a wooden box in my dream. ”
Yin Hou was shocked: "Wooden box?
"Yes," Yao Ji said, "there are clay people and earth horses in the box.
When my wife heard this, she shouted, "Our son has a wooden box containing clay people and earth horses, all of which are things he loves to play with, but because we are afraid of being sad and can't bear to look at them, we keep them under the bed." As his wife spoke, she dragged the wooden box out from under the bed, and Yao Ji opened it to see it, and sure enough, it was as she saw in her dream. Yin Hou grabbed Yao Ji's hand: "Could it be that you are my son, just abducted and sold, God has eyes, let us reunite today?"
"No, it's impossible." Yao Jilian shook his head, "No one has ever said that I have another father." ”
Yin Hou's wife murmured from the side, "Let's be fate, fate!"
That night, the family of three did not fall asleep, all wondering what was going on. The mystery kept circling in their minds. Until a month later, Yin Hou mentioned Yao Ji's marriage, and in his usual conversation, he learned that Yao Ji had been unable to let go of the Cao family's daughter in his heart, so he took out two silver letters and asked Yao Ji to go to the Cao family in Hankou to propose to him.
Yao Jifeng's servants rushed to the Cao family, offered silver two, and told them the original version of his recognition of Yin Hou as his father. Who knew that the voice had not yet fallen, And Cao Yuyu had already laughed out loud: "Providence, this is Providence!"
Yao Ji would never have thought that he was indeed Yin Hou's son who had been lost for many years! It turned out that Cao Yuyu and his wife had always liked Yao Ji in their hearts, only because someone quietly told them that Yao Ji was not a descendant of the Yao family, but actually a wild breed sold from other places by others, and the Yao family bought it after there was no queen. As a result, the Cao family had concerns, afraid that it would be difficult to hear in the future, so they refused to allow their relatives.
Unexpectedly, Yao Ji went far away from selling cloth this time, and he was delayed in seeing it, Cao Yuyu and his wife were anxious, thinking that Yao Ji could not return because of the hopelessness of mentioning relatives, and then looked at his daughter's tea and dinner without thinking, washing his face with tears every day, and he couldn't help but be annoyed, which made him understand: In fact, people are more important than anything. So Cao Yuyu tried every means to find a distant relative of the Yao family, and Fang knew that Yao had inherited his life. Now he is worried that he can't find Yao Ji, and he doesn't think that he has returned again, and the father and son have been reunited.
It's truly a stretch of genius! Yin and Cao families slaughtered pigs and sheep, set up a feast, and lived a lively feast for a long time, father and son recognized each other, children married, and all the people in the eight townships said that they were good in heart and good reward, and sincere in heart were strange! # Story # #故事集结 #